The ''Irish Homestead'' was the weekly publication of the

Irish Agricultural Organisation Society The Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (IAOS) was an agricultural association in Ireland which advocated, and helped to organise, agricultural cooperativism, including mutual credit facilities. From its establishment by Sir Horace Plunkett ...

(IAOS). It was founded in 1895 by

Horace Plunkett Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (24 October 1854 – 26 March 1932), was an Anglo-Irish agricultural reformer, pioneer of agricultural cooperatives, Unionist MP, supporter of Home Rule, Irish Senator and author. Plunkett, a younger brother of Jo ...

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The aim of the paper was to publicise and propagate the objectives of the IAOS, which set up dairy co-operative societies and co-operative banks, and introduced co-operation among Irish farmers by proving the benefits obtainable through more economical and efficient management. Its headquarters were initially in the IAOS building in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

, 84 Merrion Square. The newspaper's first editor was Thomas A. Finlay, followed by

T. P. Gill Thomas Patrick Gill (25 Oct 1858 – 19 January 1931) was a prominent member of the Irish Parliamentary Party in the late 19th and early 20th century and a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons representing the South Louth cons ...

and H. F. Norman. In 1905,

George William Russell George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935), who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a centra ...

became editor. A major contributor of articles and essays was

Susan L. Mitchell Susan Langstaff Mitchell (5 December 1866 – 4 March 1926) was an Ireland, Irish writer and poet, known for her satirical verse. Biography Susan Langstaff Mitchell was born in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, the fifth of seven childre ...

, who became assistant editor. It was the first publication to publish

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...

, with his short story " The Sisters" in 1904. It ceased publication in 1918, but was afterwards revived in October 1921. In 1923 it was amalgamated with the '' Irish Statesman'', and in this format it continued, under the editorship of

, until 1930.Irish Times, 18 July 1935, p. 8

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*Barbara Hayley and Enda McKay (ed.), ''Three Hundred Years of Irish'' Periodicals, Dublin : Lilliput Press, 1987 {{DEFAULTSORT:Irish Homestead Mass media in Dublin (city) Weekly newspapers published in Ireland Publications established in 1895 Publications disestablished in 1918 Defunct newspapers published in Ireland 1918 disestablishments in Ireland

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